Users Guide

70 Switch Feature Overview
Stacking Features
For information about creating and maintaining a stack of switches, see
"Stacking" on page 237.
Mixed and Single Series Stacking
The Dell EMC Networking N2000, N2100-ON, N3000, N3000E-ON, and
N3100-ON Series switches include a stacking feature that allows multiple
switches of the same or different series to operate as a single unit.
Dell EMC Networking N1100-ON Series switches stack with other Dell EMC
N1100-ON Series switches and Dell EMC Networking N1500 Series switches
stack with other Dell EMC N1500 Series switches.
The Dell EMC Networking N1124T-ON/N1124P-ON/N1148P-ON/N1148T-
ON switches stack up to four units using 10G Ethernet ports configured for
stacking. The Dell EMC Networking N1500 Series switches stack up to four
units using 10GB Ethernet links configured as stacking.
Dell EMC Networking N2000 Series switches stack with other Dell EMC
Networking N2000 Series switches and with Dell EMC Networking N2100-
ON Series switches stack in a stack of up to 12 units. Dell EMC Networking
N2000 and N2100-ON Series switches have two fixed mini-SAS stacking
connectors at the rear. Any unit may be the stack master. The mixed stacking
image name is N2000N2100Stdv6.5.1.X.itb.
Dell EMC Networking N2100-ON and N2000 switch series firmware is also
available without mixed stacking capabilities. These images are named as
follows:
N2100Stdv6.5.1.X.stk - N2100 only stack
N2000Stdv6.5.1.X.stk - N2000 only stack
Dell EMC Networking N3000 Series switches stack with other Dell EMC
Networking N3000/N3000E-ON Series switches and with Dell EMC
Networking N3100-ON Series switches stack in a stack of up to eight units.
The Dell EMC Networking N3000/N3000E-ON Series switches have two
fixed mini-SAS stacking connectors at the rear. The Dell EMC Networking
N3100-ON Series switch has a slot in the rear that accepts an optional
stacking module. Any unit may be the stack master. The image name is
N3000N3100AdvLitev6.5.X.Y.itb.